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Update: COVID-19 and the Vaccine Landscape

by Thomas R. Collins • June 16, 2021

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C. Buddy Creech, MD, MPHWe may not be able to prevent sore throats or flu-like illnesses, but we should be able to prevent people going to the hospital or dying from COVID-19.  —C. Buddy Creech, MD, MPH

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Researchers are also still investigating an imbalance in facial palsy cases between vaccine and placebo groups, as well as idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and thromboembolic events. Vaccine safety for patients with dermal fillers is another ongoing question, with inflammation seen in some patients at the sites of previous filler placements. The rates of this are very low, Dr. Creech said, and dermal fillers can also become inflamed after the flu vaccine or uncomplicated respiratory infections, with steroids indicated.

“I think there’s a new day dawning, finally,” Dr. Creech said. “Through vaccines, there are countless lives that are being saved right now—not just in the U.S. but around the world. At the same time that we look back on this year with a lot of grief and a lot of reality, we also look forward with a lot of hope and a new reality that with vaccines we’ll be able to see our way through this.”


Thomas R. Collins is a freelance medical writer based in Florida.

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Filed Under: Features Tagged With: COVID19Issue: June 2021

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